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Donald Glover to write, direct and star in Netflix PUBG series

The live-action adaptation is in development, with Stephen Glover joining as writer and executive producer.

Barak Eliyahu – site manager of The Checkpoint Daily

Players in vehicles beside an explosion in PUBG
Image: Krafton, via Steam

A live-action series based on PUBG is in development at Netflix, with Donald Glover set to write, direct and star. He will also executive-produce alongside his brother Stephen Glover, who joins as a writer, Krafton announced.

Krafton’s entertainment subsidiary LV3H is also involved. The company did not announce a release date or details of the plot and characters.

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is a survival game in which players gather equipment and fight to be the last ones standing.

Donald Glover at The Martian premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015 Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls, via Wikimedia Commons.

For those unfamiliar with him, Glover is an American actor, writer, director and musician. He wrote for 30 Rock and played Troy Barnes in Community before creating and starring in Atlanta. His work on Atlanta earned him two Emmy Awards in 2017, for lead acting and directing in a comedy series. He also won a Golden Globe for his performance in the series that year.

In music, he performs as Childish Gambino. His song This Is America won the 2019 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Source: Krafton, via GamesPress(opens in a new window)

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